Spur serves the Wood River Valley in Blaine County, Idaho, including the towns of Sun Valley, Ketchum, Hailey, Bellevue, and Carey.
A Partner to Professional Advisors
You've earned your clients' trust. We've earned the trust of this community. When your clients want to support the place they call home—or their home away from home—we're here to help them give with confidence.
As the only community foundation in the Wood River Valley and Blaine County, Spur works alongside estate planning attorneys, financial advisors, and other professional advisors to help clients achieve their charitable goals while complementing their broader financial, tax, and estate plans.
We offer flexible solutions for both current and long-term giving and can work with you to help clients establish donor advised and other charitable funds, facilitate anonymous and memorial giving, make gifts of appreciated and other non-cash assets, and plan charitable legacies. For clients considering a private foundation, we offer simpler alternatives that may provide more favorable tax treatment while reducing the administrative burden and costs of managing their own foundation.
Just as importantly, we bring deep knowledge of the Wood River Valley's needs and nonprofit community. For clients who want their love of this community reflected in their long-term giving, Spur can help preserve their charitable intent without requiring them to predict today which organizations will be best positioned to meet the community's needs decades from now.
Our role is collaborative: you remain your client's trusted advisor; we bring the philanthropic expertise, local knowledge, and charitable infrastructure to help turn their goals into action. We're happy to work behind the scenes, join a client conversation, or simply serve as a resource as you explore the charitable strategies that best fit your client's goals.
When to Call Spur
Consider bringing Spur into the conversation when a client:
Is updating an estate plan or thinking about their charitable legacy
Is selling a highly appreciated asset and wants to use the opportunity to further their charitable goals while potentially realizing tax benefits
Is considering a donor advised fund or a simpler alternative to a private foundation
Is considering a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from an IRA and wants to support an area of interest through an eligible fund at Spur
Wants to leave a legacy to the Wood River Valley
Wants to involve children or grandchildren in family philanthropy
Wants to give anonymously
Cares deeply about a particular issue and wants to know more about local nonprofits and community initiatives addressing the challenge
Says something like, “I'd like to give back, but I'm not sure where to start” or “I want to have more confidence that my giving is impactful.”
For more information or to schedule a consultation, please contact Spur’s Donor Services Manager, Anna Parker, at anna@spurfoundation.org or 208.450.2608.